The One With the Disastrous Disney Trip

Date: 10/7/2025

I’ve just peed my pants in a house where we’re apparently meeting for church. I strip down until I’m completely naked in a hallway and desperately hope that no one sees me … I’m in what’s supposed to be Magic Kingdom getting on “it’s a small world” — which I’m apparently supposed to do by just hopping into one of the boats as it floats by me. I end up going on Mad Tea Party but find myself extremely dizzy on it. I realize at the last second that I want to try to get a Polaroid of the babies on it when I realize that I forgot to pack extra film. I take two poorly composed photos and start to panic about the fact that I only have eight shots left. I suddenly realize that we’ve completely forgotten to follow our Disney itinerary and are in Magic Kingdom on the day we were supposed to do Epcot and Hollywood Studios. I can feel my throat getting tight as I try not to cry because I’m convinced the whole trip is ruined and I don’t know how I’ve allowed this to happen … It’s Aunt Ronny’s birthday (in real life, it’s actually two days away). I get ready to text her but then ask my mom to confirm that it’s really her birthday. At some point, I end up in a car with Aunt Ronny and unable to remember if Uncle Michael died. She says something to me about how she’s going blind, but explains why she has a positive attitude about it.